v1c15-2 - Intermission 6 - Ellie, the Arch Wizard, is determined to go to Alex after being encouraged by her friend
“Damn it! Why! How did this happen!”
When we returned to town after our adventure, Roland started yelling at the top of his lungs while drinking alcohol, which he normally doesn’t drink.
The reason Roland was annoyed was because we had abandoned the request to exterminate the monsters that he had taken the liberty of accepting – we had failed to accomplish the request.
In exchange for Alex leaving the party and Ms. Monica not joining our party, Roland said he would protect me and Stella, but in reality, the monsters came in our direction many times.
When the monsters attacked us, I and Stella could not use magic properly, and as a result, the vanguard and the rearguard could not coordinate at all, and as a result …… Grace was seriously injured.
Fortunately, Stella’s healing magic saved her life, but all three of us except Roland decided to retreat.
“This request is not an S-class request, it’s an A-class request, you know!? The healing magic cured him, so she should have just kept going! And yet ……”
Roland started glaring at Grace, so I and Stella decided to take Grace back to the inn’s three-person room.
“I’m sorry, Grace. Grace is not at fault in any way this time, and you were even injured that badly.”
“…… No. The reason I was injured is because my job specializes in continuous attacks and cannot equip sturdy armor or shields. And it’s also the fault of the vanguard that we couldn’t stop the monsters and the attack went to the rear guard.”
“I think Roland is more to blame for that than Ms. Grace.”
I talked with Ms. Grace for a while, but she said she was going to sleep first and went to bed.
“…… Ms. Grace. I wonder if she’s okay.”
‘From the looks of it, she doesn’t seem to be concerned about her injuries. She is a vanguard and I am sure she has been injured many times before. I think she is more concerned about the bad atmosphere in the party.”
While Stella is concerned that Ms. Grace might leave the party.
“U-Uhm, Stella. About that, actually ……”
“Ellie, you want to go to Mr. Alex’s, don’t you?”
When I fearfully broached the subject, she told me first, as if she had read my thoughts.
“Erm …… yeah. That’s right.”
“Heh. I’ve been thinking that that’s the case since you said you wanted to talk to me at lunch. Ellie loves Mr. Alex so much, after all?”
“Y- …… Yeah. So the Adventurers Guild told me where Alex is now. He’s a little far away, and once he gets there, he won’t be back for a while.”
“So it’s the kind of place you would go with transfer magic? But it’s better to be near the person you love, isn’t it?”
Then I talk to Stella about Alex.
That Alex has been in the demon territory for a few days.
That she was so happy to be able to live alone with Alex in an empty demon territory.
That Ms. Monica is also going to Alex, too.
“I see. From what I saw of Ms. Monica the other day, you might not be able to stop her from going to Mr. Alex.”
“So you think so, too, Stella? I secretly heard that Tabitha is getting a lot of push from Ms. Monica almost every day to contact Alex.”
“Even if Ellie went to Mr. Alex’s, it looks like Ms. Monica will be going there in a few days.”
Ugh …… Since I’m going to the demon territory with intentions, I’d prefer to be alone with Alex anyway.
And I’ll cook Alex’s favorite dishes and have him tell me how delicious they are …… a-and we’ll spend time together like lovers.
“Mmmm, Ellie. Then, why don’t you go to the demon territory as soon as you can and do the fait accompli with Mr. Alex? Then maybe Ms. Monica will give up and not go that way?”
A fait accompli. Does that mean that Alex and I …… are going to do this and that!?
E-Ehmm, the last time we took a bath together was when we were twelve, right?
Since then, I have grown as a woman, and I have a body that can be seen in its own way …… Oh, but what shall I do?
According to Ms. Tabitha’s information, Alex is now a beast, and even though it’s my first time, I’ve been seeing him, every night …… t-that makes me happy, but I wonder if I’ll be strong enough?
“…… -llie! Ellie!”
“What!? Oh, sorry. What’s wrong?”
“Maybe you didn’t hear me, so I’ll say it again: …… Be careful of Mr. Roland.”
“Roland?”
“Yeah. Even if we go to Mr. Alex’s place, there is nothing in the demon territory over there, right? There are no stores, so you need to do a lot of preparation. For example, underwear is not sold there. While you are preparing, make sure Mr. Roland doesn’t notice you, okay?”
“U-Underwear …… W-What do I do! I only have plain underwear!”
“Ellie? I’m not talking about underwear, I’m talking about not letting others know that you’re leaving the party.”
A-After all, I need some kind of lucky underwear for the first time, don’t I?